Chris Bell

Goalkeeper - WaiBOP United
30 Sep 2026
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Marked for Chris Bell

9 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad28 Sep 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Bill Van Hattum

18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. WaiBOP United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market28 Sep 2026

Chris Bell puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at WaiBOP United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Francis Sutton at WaiBOP United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Francis Sutton is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Chris Bell hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Market31 Aug 2026

WaiBOP United say no — this time

The offer from Hawke's Bay United for Chris Bell was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Bill Kirwan in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WaiBOP United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

1 Edition

The WaiBOP United Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Chris Bell hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WaiBOP United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Ryan Sutton in trouble away from the ground

Every paper's favourite story and every manager's least. What happened is being dealt with internally, which is the phrase clubs use when they would rather nobody asked again.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at WaiBOP United

Bill Kirwan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at WaiBOP United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ben Gordon is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Voices raised on the WaiBOP United training ground

Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.

Market3 Aug 2026

James Kirwan is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at WaiBOP United has been clear about where James Kirwan stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief